Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. A heist movie worthy robbery at
Speaker 1: the world's most famous museum, the Louver in Paris, has
Speaker 1: been robbed by jewel thieves who used a crane and
Speaker 1: power tools to steal priceless historic diamonds, emeralds and even
Speaker 1: a crown. It was quite literally a daylight robbery. At
Speaker 1: nine point thirty am on Sunday, Paris time, four thieves
Speaker 1: wearing high Vey's clothing and using a truck mounted crane lift,
Speaker 1: approached the Louver in an area where construction work was underway.
Speaker 1: With an angle grinder and power tools, they broke through
Speaker 1: window glass and entered the Apollong Gallery, just meters from
Speaker 1: the famous Mona Lisa. The thieves ignored one of the
Speaker 1: museum's most prized objects, the so called Regent Diamond, but
Speaker 1: zeroed in on several priceless pieces, including a necklace given
Speaker 1: by Napoleon Bonaparte to his second wife Marie Louis, a
Speaker 1: crown worn by Empress Eugenie, adorned with thousands of diamonds
Speaker 1: and emeralds, and sapphire necklaces, and earrings worn by other
Speaker 1: Royal women. It took just four minutes and the thieves
Speaker 1: got away, but they dropped at least one piece of
Speaker 1: jewelry on their way out, giving police a potential lead. Now,
Speaker 1: French detectives are scanning CCTV and traffic cameras. Francis Culture
Speaker 1: Minister Rashida Datti said the criminals were clearly professionals Aduria,
Speaker 1: Prescoquet Mint, rapid Comedia, profession Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi has
Speaker 1: landed in Washington, DC ahead of a long awaited face
Speaker 1: to face meeting with US President Donald Trump. The two
Speaker 1: leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues, including trade,
Speaker 1: defense and critical minerals. The White House has issued a
Speaker 1: warm welcome to the PM, saying in a statements and
Speaker 1: Albanesi and Trump have a great relationship. In Queensland, the
Speaker 1: Chris A Fuller government will more than double the number
Speaker 1: of scientists working at the state's troubled DNA lab. They're
Speaker 1: hoping the extra hands will help to clear a backlog
Speaker 1: of thousands of forensic samples caught up in a historic
Speaker 1: testing bungle exposed by The Australian's investigative podcast Shandy Story.
Speaker 1: That series by National Chief Correspondent Headley Thomas, investigated the
Speaker 1: unsolved murder of twenty three year old Mackai woman Shandy Blackburn,
Speaker 1: and revealed crime scene samples from sexual assaults and homicides
Speaker 1: were incorrectly tested at the direction of the lab's former
Speaker 1: managers in a bid to speed up turnaround times. You
Speaker 1: can check out those stories live right now at the
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Speaker 1: front first thing in the morning for our look at
Speaker 1: the mysterious behavior of Barnaby Joyce